Artist’s Statement
Rick Klu (2017)
Why I Am An Artist
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My Journey… and How I Arrived
Gumball Machine
Gumballs As A Theme
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Exhibit A
Superimposition
Exhibit A contemplates the thought of judgement , which is NIL…
A style of painting in which the subject/s culminated over a certain period of time in which different components came together or overlapped each other and not necessarily correlate with each other. This applies to subject matter as well as stylistic differences.
This technique was accidentally acknowledged over a period of time while I was working on numerous paintings covering entirely different subject matter with different styles according to each painting, entities in and of themselves.
While working in this manner I noticed that some of the situations in separate paintings had cross references to each other. I then began to think out certain ideas in multitude to be executed onto the same surfaces. The ideas involved are to evoke memory or coexistence while achieving a simultaneous feel to situations not in relation with each other.
The use of words as shape and form, yet not to be seen as linked words ( phrases or sentences ) can steer an observer towards a “story” that does not exist except for in the imagination of that observer. I have employed this idea in the painting entitled ” Exhibit A contemplates the thought of judgement , which is NIL… ”
Album Cover Art
Over the years I have been asked to create many album covers. Sometimes the bands offer to let me do it for free because apparently my art on their album cover will be ‘good exposure’.
The following are album cover art that did not go that route:
Hot Rod Lunatics
Hot Rod Lunatics (1998)
I Come Alive When the Throttles’ Open Wide.
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Wordblender
Wordblender (2003)
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Hard Roller
Hard Roller (2017)
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Subjects
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- Abstract
- Hot Rods
- Coasters
Influences and Inspirations
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Influences on the physical and intellectual aspects of the process of making Art as I have experienced include:
- Robert Crumb… Mea an suscipit hendrerit, et ius alterum percipitur eloquentiam, bonorum epicurei concludaturque no mea.
- Monet – light and color and an understanding of the relationships and tensions established between surfaces that absorb light and those that reflect light – and a wonderful day painting in his gardens at Giverney
- Bonnard – color and a gentle reflection on gardens, people, and animals
- Cezanne – realization that in addition to pure vision, there is a strong need to “realize the sensations.” Composition – to see although it (the subject) may disappear
- Delacroix – his journal has provided many hours of peaceful contemplation and has oft times provided the “aha” moment
- Matisse – flat pattern and color – the importance of major motif in a complex composition
- Klee – playful composition
- DeKooning, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler – form, color, gesture. I have just finished reading a biography on DeKooning and again visited prints of his work to enjoy again the vitality he brought to art.
- Rauschenberg – composition and a true sense of fun. I have often created collages using rubbings and pasting and know that Rauschenberg influenced some of what I create.
- Rothko – color relationships
Press
“Art is an escape from chaos!” – Sir Herbert Read